IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ARIZO
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961NM013006
  • User Pedon ID: S1961NM013006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1961NM013006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0758
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 32.4873505
  • Std. Longitude: -106.7666855
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21S
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4, NW 1/4
  • State: New Mexico
  • County: NM013—Dona Ana
  • MLRA: 42—Southern Desertic Basins, Plains, and Mountains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: NM690—Dona Ana County Area, New Mexico

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L.H. Gile and F.F. Peterson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy-skeletal, mixed, thermic Typic Torriorthents
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - ARIZO
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Arizo
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/4/1961 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    EPVI

    EPVI

    PROSO

    RHUS

    RHUS

    Ephedra viridis

    Ephedra viridis

    Prosopis

    Rhus

    Rhus

    mormon tea

    mormon tea

    mesquite

    sumac

    sumac

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    Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    4

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    1357

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    90

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    ; fragments.
    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; gravelly sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; slightly hard; brittle; 3.0 fine roots; 10 percent carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05638. desert pavement included in sample
    C1ca—8 to 33 centimeters (3.1 to 13.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist; very gravelly sandy loam; massive; slightly hard, loose; 3.0 fine roots; faint carbonate coats on rock fragments; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05639. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178600; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178600
    2C2ca—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/3), brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist; gravelly sandy loam; massive parts to single grain; soft, loose; 0.5 roots; faint carbonate coats on rock fragments; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05640. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178601; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178601
    3C3ca—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4), brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist; gravelly loamy sand; massive parts to single grain; soft, loose; 0.5 roots; faint carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A05641. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178602; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178602
    4C4ca—74 to 112 centimeters (29.1 to 44.1 inches); very gravelly loamy coarse sand; massive parts to single grain; loose; 0.5 roots; faint carbonate coats on rock fragments; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A05642. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178603; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 178603